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Why the Rangers’ road to the World Series will go through the West Coast

An occasional look at important numbers and their significance to the Rangers:

72-42 The Rangers started their run to the World Series in each of the last two seasons by dominating the American League West. They are 30 games over .500 (72-42) against the West in the last two seasons combined and 18 games over .500 (114-96) against all other clubs. The Los Angeles Angels are the only other West club with a winning division record in that span, at 62-52. Oakland is 56-58 for division games, and Seattle is a hard-to-believe 38-76 against the West in the last two seasons.